文档介绍：2008年重庆大学博士入学考试英语试卷
(Time Limit: 180 minutes)
Part I: prehension 40 %
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and then select the best answer from the four choices given to answer the questions or plete the statements that follow each passage. Write your answer on your Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Problems and discouragements will face the leader, but he can e them with staying power. It seems as if many of the world’s famous people faced some of the greatest difficulties and discouragements in carrying out their visions.
Christopher Columbus, for instance, concluded from the information he acquired from his travels and from studying charts and maps, that the earth was round and that he could reach Asia by sailing west. But he needed a patron to finance such an expedition. He first tried John II., King of Portugal, without ess, and then, the Count of Medina Celi in Spain. The Count encouraged Columbus for two years, but never actually provided him with the money and supplies he needed. Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Castile in Spain, were then contacted. A review of Columbus’ plans by mittee appointed by the queen resulted in the conclusion that his ideas were vain and impractical. But they kept talking.
After a better part of a decade of trying to find a patron, Columbus was in despair, but he didn’t stop. He had staying power. He believed in his